Courtesy / Knickerbocker Group
Kerry Lewis
November 3, 2022
Boothbay design/build firm Knickerbocker expands with landscape architecture
Knickerbocker Group, a designer and builder of high-end homes and commercial spaces, said Wednesday it would launch a landscape architecture practice as part of its services.
With nearly 45 years of designing and constructing custom homes and buildings throughout Maine, the new practice is expected to integrate with the firm’s current architecture and interior teams, alongside property management, allowing each to serve and bolster existing services.
Tapped to lead the expansion is landscape architect Kerry Lewis, who spent two decades running her own practice as well as years of experience with firms in Boston, New York and San Francisco.
Lewis said collaboration is a key tenet.
“Working together with architects and designers, the landscape architecture team will elevate every project from the initial site consult with potential clients, through design and construction, and continuing with our property management services,” she said.
Danielle Betts, Knickerbocker’s president, said Lewis’s interest in biodiversity, client education and climate protection fit the company’s mission.
The landscape architecture team also works with the company’s interior design practice to select outdoor furniture and accessories that complement selections inside a home.
The landscape architecture practice will offer master planning and design to accompany Knickerbocker projects. It will also collaborate with outside vendors.
The announcement comes a year after the employee-owned firm promoted Betts, a 14-year veteran of the firm, to president, taking over the role held by founder Stephen Malcom.
Malcom founded Knickerbocker in 1978. The firm has dual headquarters in Boothbay and Portland.
Knickerbocker is among Maine’s largest woman-led design-build firms, along with Augusta-based Ganneston Construction, led by Stacey Morrison, and Auburn-based H.E. Callahan Construction, led by Christine Kendall. On the design side, Portland-based SMRT is Maine’s largest architecture firm and is led by CEO Ellen Belknap.
In addition to its Boothbay site, Knickerbocker has a 6,500-square-foot Portland location in the Bayside neighborhood.
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